The Interest Rate Exposure of Euro Area Households"

Fifth Conference on Household Finance and Consumption

14-15 December 2017, Paris

The European Central Bank organises a biennial conference on household finance and consumption, with the objective of fostering empirical and theoretical research on how household heterogeneity affects the accumulation of assets and debt, consumption/saving behaviour and the transmission of monetary policy. The focus of the Conference is on research that makes use of household level data, with a special interest in the data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS).

In 2017 the Conference will be organised jointly with the Banque de France and will take place in Paris on 14-15 December. We are actively seeking papers in the following areas, but related areas will also be considered:

Expenses

The organisers will cover reasonable travel expenses for those presenting papers and discussants (though participants from National Central Banks and other EU institutions are expected to cover their own expenses).